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In the discussion thread: If I lived in a swing state, I'd absolutely feel it was my duty to vote for Hillary [View all]

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Fri May 6, 2016, 02:24 PM

Bettie (13,272 posts)

50. I'm in a swing state

and I have accepted that I'll have to vote for Clinton, no matter how much it feels like destroying my kids' future.

Two of them are old enough to be ground up in her hunger for war.

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104 replies	Author	Time	Post
If I lived in a swing state, I'd absolutely feel it was my duty to vote for Hillary [View all]	cali	May 2016	OP
I don't. She knows what the risks are. The Charade has gone on long enough. nt	silvershadow	May 2016	#1
What charade exactly?	cali	May 2016	#2
Of being the presumptuous front runner. nt	silvershadow	May 2016	#4
Hillary to Bush donors:"I share your values".	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#5
Then you are blind ... nt	salinsky	May 2016	#28
Her words.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#34
We are talking about Trump here ...	salinsky	May 2016	#36
So what? We are talking about her, not him. There's no question that a person in their right mind	Kittycat	May 2016	#58
Pretty miuch agreed. I'm in a deep blue non-swing state, myself	villager	May 2016	#3
Same here. Although...	Arugula Latte	May 2016	#11
"I'll see what the polls are saying in late October"	villager	May 2016	#25
It's those of us in blue states who are NEEDED to break the 2-party gridlock.	arcane1	May 2016	#38
Also true. "Shock levels" of support for alternatives... nt	villager	May 2016	#41
yup, same for me. nt	m-lekktor	May 2016	#54
Hillary has made it quite clear she doesn't want my vote.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#6
Not everyone will suffer in a Trump presidency	hack89	May 2016	#45
People worried about Trump should have voted for Sanders.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#47
So, other should not vote their conscience- just you? That's funny.	bettyellen	May 2016	#48
Vote your conscience, and we'll vote ours.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#52
No where equal to Clintons on social issues. Cosigning others work instead of doing the work? No.	bettyellen	May 2016	#55
That's laughably delusional.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#56
You negate 25 years of hard work because of her teenage years? DADT improved the lives of	bettyellen	May 2016	#64
Sorry. Incrementalism isn't leadership.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#66
It is actually how civil rights have come to be extended in this nation. It has taken a generation	bettyellen	May 2016	#73
You can expect a Hillary presidency to be essentially a continuation of the Obama presidency.	Nye Bevan	May 2016	#7
No, I really can't. Not on foreign policy, not on tone	cali	May 2016	#9
What if there are fewer drone strikes and fewer US troops in the Middle East,	Nye Bevan	May 2016	#15
I'd be shocked. Not so much by the latter	cali	May 2016	#19
I'd be waiting to wake up and for the other shoe to drop.	VulgarPoet	May 2016	#42
I agree	democrattotheend	May 2016	#86
No. It'll be worse.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#12
Obama did no such thing	emulatorloo	May 2016	#27
Hillary Clinton is not POTUS Obama in skill nor character.	PufPuf23	May 2016	#75
I REALLY do NOT Trust Clinton on Foreign Policy.	Smarmie Doofus	May 2016	#8
He isn't mentally stable.	cali	May 2016	#10
There's currently several countries between Afganistan and Libya were not at war with.	HooptieWagon	May 2016	#18
Of course you would. So what?	snowy owl	May 2016	#13
Don't feel that way! Hillary has ALREADY voted for Border Wall; She is a war hawk, NeoCons love her	amborin	May 2016	#14
She's sane. He is not.	cali	May 2016	#20
She has terrible judgment that has harmed millions	amborin	May 2016	#22
He is an insane. She is not.	emulatorloo	May 2016	#29
Yes. And she's still sane, and he's still not	cali	May 2016	#30
This message was self-deleted by its author	LaurenG	May 2016	#68
Swing stater	jeepers	May 2016	#16
I do, and I won't.	kiva	May 2016	#17
You dont think	SheenaR	May 2016	#21
He encourages violence at his rallies. He was a key promoter of Birtherism and calls for Obama's	emulatorloo	May 2016	#31
Very valid points. As are the ones below... Thanks.. n/t	SheenaR	May 2016	#37
As someone who HAS spent time in Trump's circle, he really IS dangerously narcissistic.	blm	May 2016	#32
Having only talked to Trump for about 20 minutes as a young woman	HockeyMom	May 2016	#71
I don't think he's mentally stable.	cali	May 2016	#33
You are quite possibly correct	yourpaljoey	May 2016	#60
Im in a very red state; I would still feel a responsibility to vote Sanders. I have no expectation	seabeyond	May 2016	#23
Kudos to you!	amborin	May 2016	#24
The Dem primary is continuing. Sanders has NOT conceded,	delrem	May 2016	#26
From someone who has butted heads with cali for over a decade, it's simple….	blm	May 2016	#35
Well, I don't understand it. What do you mean by "realist" and "loyalist"?	delrem	May 2016	#96
Suit yourself - I was just offering insight into cali.	blm	May 2016	#104
Thank the Goddess I'm not. nt	VulgarPoet	May 2016	#39
I am not sure that overweening ambition has not crept in and overlaid a little sanity for Hillary.	djean111	May 2016	#40
"Both candidates are frightening to me. "	Dems to Win	May 2016	#67
Thanks for not telling us what we should do with our votes	BernieforPres2016	May 2016	#43
You are very.welcome!	cali	May 2016	#46
as for sanity, she's racking up the microstrokes as we speak: her speeches are gibberish	MisterP	May 2016	#44
Yet..., Clinton kicked Sanders ass. Lol.	seabeyond	May 2016	#89
Over 3 million popular votes and 300 delegates ahead. Enough said!	leftofcool	May 2016	#97
I'm not making any firm decision unti I see a final delegate count, a running mate, a platform,	Vote2016	May 2016	#49
I'll echo you. I live in Vermont.	cali	May 2016	#53
I'm in a swing state	Bettie	May 2016	#50
Michigan here. No comment at this time. eom	Purveyor	May 2016	#51
Michigan as well. She's not getting my vote unless I see those transcripts.	Barack_America	May 2016	#59
Colorado here...	Buddyblazon	May 2016	#57
This is sensible.	nolawarlock	May 2016	#61
Luckily if Bernie was the nominee I live in MA so I would be safe not voting for him. Of course	seaglass	May 2016	#62
As an Ohioan, I agree. I sometimes wish I lived in a non-'swing' state so	pampango	May 2016	#63
Arkansas's not expected to be in play, but...	moriah	May 2016	#70
I'll trade you - I want to live in a swing state!	democrattotheend	May 2016	#87
Well said.	CincyDem	May 2016	#101
If Trump's so evil, why were the Clintons at his wedding?	Dems to Win	May 2016	#65
One regime proposes criminal penalties for women who abort...	moriah	May 2016	#69
For single-issue abortion rights voters, you've made the case.	Dems to Win	May 2016	#76
Even for thinking people who shouldn't want a government small enough...	moriah	May 2016	#78
I can and do think about more than one issue.	Dems to Win	May 2016	#80
It's not just an abortion issue, is what I was getting at.	moriah	May 2016	#81
I'm so glad you're back, cali.	MineralMan	May 2016	#72
You're slipping.	cali	May 2016	#74
Democrats in Ohio and Florida need to pinch their noses so the rest of us can vote our conscience!	Attorney in Texas	May 2016	#77
I live in florida and	SwampG8r	May 2016	#102
Free Trade sucks	Rass	May 2016	#79
Glad to live in a non swing state.	Cobalt Violet	May 2016	#82
Trump can't function without the senate... I get to vote for Feingold, and thereby claim privilege	HereSince1628	May 2016	#83
I feel the exact same way	democrattotheend	May 2016	#84
No, I don't think we feel the same way.	cali	May 2016	#85
I don't consider Trump insane at all.	sadoldgirl	May 2016	#88
Sorry, I meant about the swing state/non-swing state thing	democrattotheend	May 2016	#90
Message auto-removed	Name removed	May 2016	#91
Not me.	PowerToThePeople	May 2016	#92
She is the cleanest soiled shirt in the Hamper....	JPnoodleman	May 2016	#93
Sanity? She claimed she was under sniper fire, among other wierd statements.	Live and Learn	May 2016	#94
Cali, you've been one of my favorite posters over the years.	frustrated_lefty	May 2016	#95
I live in a swing state. If Clinton is the nominee, I'll hold my nose and vote "D". nt	JustABozoOnThisBus	May 2016	#98
If I lived in a swing state, the DEM would get my vote, even Hillary.	bigwillq	May 2016	#99
My home state does not determine my presidential vote.	CobaltBlue	May 2016	#100
I do and I don't on the "duty" thing. nt	Purveyor	May 2016	#103

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